only 90 miles away from Miami. Moreover‚ there is a scare that a possible completion of the Truman doctrine will take place in Latin America. Furthermore in 1961‚ J F Kennedy‚ the president of the US at the time supported an invasion of anti-Castro Cuban exiles that were stopped at the Bay of Pigs (from where the name of the invasion originates). The Bay of Pigs invasion was a complete fiasco that made the Americans aware of the increasing power of the island under the Castro Government. The USA had
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strategic decision making model is reflected in the Cuban missile crisis‚ the rational model‚ the political model‚ or the garbage can model? Before we can explain which decision making was used in the Cuban missile crisis we first need to explain and understand what the different models are‚ therefore we explain in appendix 1 what each decision model is. We see some features of the garbage can model in the decision making process in the Cuban missile crisis‚ like the appearance and the role the
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(two Cubans -– Máximo and Raúl -- and two Dominicans – Carlos and Antonio) that gather together every morning to play Dominos in a park in Miami. The story often goes back in time telling the reader about the background of some of the men – especially Máximo - and how they lived their lives in their countries before coming to America. In Ana Menéndez’s tale‚ Máximo is the one who is always telling jokes about his homeland. In one of these jokes‚ he says that a group of rafters is on a Cuban shore
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With all options in mind‚ it seemed that negotiations were at the top of Kennedy’s policy list‚ where he could meet and accord with the world leaders to resolve conflict in an orderly manner. The first example of a major international event is the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the pathetic prior attempt of Eisenhower in the Bay of Pigs invasion‚ Russia placed missiles
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doctors and medical residents to work or practice in rural Cuba for two years‚ which made it possible for rural residents- the majority of Cuba’s population- to receive adequate medical attention. This led to an increase in the life expectancy of Cuban citizen and also decreased the infant mortality rate. Regarding education‚ Castro believed it shouldn’t just be a privilege reserved for the wealthy and the elite. Before Castro took over government control‚ thirty percent of farmers couldn’t write
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Extract A William J Medland‚ Needless or Necessary This source was published in 1988 and is a historian’s view and analysis of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. Medland’s investigation of the crisis is designed to “present a synthesis of the participants and a synthesis of the counterviews of some scholars.” The book is valuable as it provides not only a scholarly perspective on the aforementioned issue but also the views of the people directly involved. Thereby allowing the reader to view personal
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known motivations of political leaders and policy think tanks. An experiment was conducted to see how power can influence the decision making process. In the experiment groups of people from several different backgrounds were given information on the Cuban missile crisis and what decisions should have been made if they were involved in the decision making process. In this experiment the predictions of the authors were true. Majority of the people surveyed chose options that would best benefit themselves
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author combine all these totally unrelated words to make the title of the story. Of course‚ I know about Cuban Revolution and a lille bit of German History. However‚ look at the title‚ this is just crazy. How can I skip without reading the whole story when the author come up with such a strange title? That is how I chose the story. Summary of the Story The story is about a group of Cuban migrants named Maximo‚ Maximo’s
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One of my favorite persons in history is President John F. Kennedy. He has always been my favorite president and always will be. I love him for several reasons; he was hero during his time in the military‚ he stayed strong during the cold war‚ and he fought for civil rights. Kennedy elisted in the military not long after he graduated from Harvard. He was assigned to command a torpedo control boat in the south Pacific. On August 2‚ 1943‚ the PT-109 was struck by a Japanese ship and split in two. Even
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novel ‘One Minute to Midnight‚’ “helped in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis including the profound and unpredictable implications a rapid escualtion of the situation could have.” Prior events such as the failed Bay of Pigs invasion also influenced Kennedy’s reluctance to act agressivly. Protecting their own intrests‚ in 1960 President Eisenhower authorised the CIA to recruit 1400 Cuban exiles in attempt to overthrow the Castro and the Cuban Government. Ulitmately however‚ the invasion failed‚ with
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